Now he will be sending text messages to millions of Poles. RCB has a new boss

On June 20, the Chancellery of the Prime Minister announced that the Prime Minister had appointed a new director of the Government Center for Security. It was super-brigadier Marek Kubiak, who had previously held this position. In the years 2015 – 2020, he managed the institution, and then, as deputy director, he supervised activities related to international cooperation with the competent bodies of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union in the field of crisis management and protection of critical infrastructure – as you can read in the press release.

The previous head of RCB – Colonel Konrad Korpowski – resigned. His deputy and press spokesman also left with him.

RCB announced the new management via Twitter. “Superbrig. Marek Kubiak was appointed director of the Government Center for Security. The nomination was handed over today by Minister Zbigniew Hoffmann. Director Kubiak is a firefighter. He has extensive experience in crisis management” – we read in the release.

Career of the new head of RCB

On the website you can read that superbrig. Marek Kubiak is a firefighter and a specialist in operational planning and rescue. From 2007 to 2008 he was the Commander-in-Chief of the State Fire Service, and before that he was the Wielkopolska Provincial Commander of the State Fire Service. He is a graduate of the Main School of Fire Service and the Higher Defense Course at the strategic and defense department of the National Defense University. In addition, he studied law at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań. According to the law firm, he has completed many courses, including chemical and ecological rescue, and 3rd and 2nd degree scuba diving. In addition, he has the qualifications of a fire protection expert. In May 2017, he was promoted to the rank of super-brigadier by President Andrzej Duda.

What does the Government Security Center do?

RCB reports to the Prime Minister and is a state entity. Its tasks include, above all, coordinating the processes of preventing crises, and in the event of their occurrence, dealing with the process of minimizing their effects. RCB ensures the circulation of information throughout the public administration (ministries, offices and services), ensuring awareness in the area of ​​crisis management and combating threats, which is why a significant part of citizens may associate the center with alerts they receive in text messages. In addition, the Government Center for Security assesses the risk of threats to national security, and unifies the perception of threats by individual ministries, and thus increases the ability of competent services and public administration bodies to cope with difficult situations. Both civilian experts, officers of the services and soldiers of the Polish Army work here.